Americans still wrongfully held around world
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Russia and multiple Western countries engaged in the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War this week, with Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva being freed from Russian imprisonment. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has more on what Russia received in the deal.
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Three Americans who had been held in Russian prisons, Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, are back home following a historic, multi-country prisoner swap. CBS News White House reporter Willie James Inman has more.
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Whelan describes journey home from Russia
Three Americans who were wrongfully imprisoned in Russia, Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, are back on U.S. soil. They made a brief stop at Joint Base Andrews, before arriving in San Antonio to undergo medical assessments. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
Biden, Harris speak on U.S., Russia prisoner swap
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to reporters on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after welcoming home three Americans released as part of the prisoner swap with Russia. Mr. Biden said that "the toughest call on this one was for other countries, because I asked them to do some things that were against their immediate self-interest."
Released Americans welcomed home by Biden, Harris
A plane carrying three wrongfully detained Americans released by Russia landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland late Thursday night. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine veteran Paul Whelan and Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva were welcomed home by President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Gershkovich, Whelan freed in U.S., Russia swap
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Marine veteran Paul Whelan were among two dozen prisoners freed as part of the biggest prisoner swap between the U.S. and Russia since the end of the Cold War. The complex exchange took place in Turkey and involved more than six nations. Nancy Cordes has the latest.
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Russia prisoner swap: What was Harris' role?
With fewer than 100 days to go until the 2024 election, the White House touted Vice President Kamala Harris' role in the prisoner swap with Russia, while former President Donald Trump criticized the Biden team for giving away too much in the exchange. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa reports.
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U.S., Russia prisoner swap secures the release of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others.
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A prisoner exchange with Russia on Thursday has freed journalist Evan Gershkovich and U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. Julia Ioffe, founding partner and Washington correspondent for Puck News, joins "America Decides" to look at the role Vice President Kamala Harris played in their release.
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Vice President Kamala Harris says she and President Biden engaged in "complex" negotiations to release three U.S. citizens and one resident from Russian custody on Thursday. Leigh Ann Caldwell, co-author of The Washington Post's "Early Brief," and Brakkton Booker, national political correspondent for "Politico," join CBS News to dive into the politics behind the exchange.
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Democrats, Republicans react to prisoner swap
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are reacting to Thursday's prisoner swap with Russia. Republican Rep. French Hill of Arkansas, co-chair of the Congressional Task Force on American Hostages and Americans Wrongfully Detained Abroad, joins "America Decides" to unpack the deal.
How Russia prisoner swap came together
Three American citizens and a permanent resident are on their way home Thursday after the U.S. secured their release from prison in Russia. CBS News' Olivia Gazis, Robert Costa and Ed O'Keefe have more.
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Harris' role in historic prisoner swap
President Biden thanked the U.S. allies involved in the historic prisoner swap deal announced Thursday. Three American citizens and one permanent resident were released as part of the deal. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports from the White House, and CBS News campaign reporter Nidia Cavazos has more on Vice President Kamala Harris' role in the negotiations.
U.S.-Russia prisoner swap's complexities
The prisoner swap taking place Thursday to free Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others is a complex one that involves multiple countries. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis has more on the details of the exchange. Following Gazis' reporting, William E. Pomeranz, senior fellow and former director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute, and former U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan joined CBS News to discuss how an exchange like this works.
Congress reacts to U.S.-Russia prisoner swap
Reaction is coming in from lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the major U.S.-Russia prisoner swap taking place Thursday that will free Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.
Former U.S. ambassador to Russia on prisoner swap
John Sullivan, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia, joined CBS News to discuss Thursday's prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia that includes Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. Following Sullivan's comments, CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer provided information on the Americans still held by Russia.
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